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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Soumya Sarkar

    Himalayan glacial instability may be getting worse and that can alter the viability of dam projects | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Himalayas are changing faster than the infrastructure being built on them. In August, a glacial collapse in Nepal sent water, rock and mud through the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli river system, washing away 11 hydropower stations with 431.1 megawatts (MW) of capacity. Planned capacity of 470MW in another 15 projects was damaged too. The catastrophe brought together several risks that India’s Himalayan hydropower strateg

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Soumya Sarkar

    India is getting better at financing proven green technologies but is trailing on innovations for the future | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s green investment story is a success by several measures. In 2024, 83% of all investment in its power sector went into clean energy, according to the International Energy Agency. Renewable capacity is expanding rapidly and the country is building domestic manufacturing capabilities in batteries and other clean-energy technologies. But the success has hidden a weakness. India is getting better at financing the

  3. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Soumya Sarkar

    All infrastructure isn’t made of concrete: natural formations are part of India’s climate defence | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is spending more than ₹11 trillion a year by way of public capital expenditure, putting infrastructure at the centre of its growth strategy. Yet, some of what protects those investments is not counted as infrastructure at all—mangroves, wetlands and urban forests. This is a costly blind spot. Mangroves can weaken storm surges before they reach a port. Wetlands can hold excess rainwater before it floods. Urban

  4. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Soumya Sarkar

    Prevention is better than cure: India's pharma industry must build resilience to climate change disruptions | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India became the pharmacy of the world by supplying affordable medicines to more than 200 countries, dominating the global market for generic drugs and producing a large share of the world’s vaccines. This success rests on an assumption so basic that it is rarely discussed. Indian firms have shown that drug formulations can be made, stored and transported under tightly controlled conditions without fail. But as clim

  5. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Soumya Sarkar

    India needs clean cement for a low-carbon future. Here's what's holding it back | Mint (opens the original)

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    This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India cannot build a $10 trillion economy without cement. It also cannot meet its climate ambitions if cement remains as carbon-intensive as it is today. That is the paradox at the heart of India’s infrastructure story. Demand will only grow as the country urbanizes. India’s cement production could rise from about 391 million tonnes in 2023 to around 660 million tonnes by 2030, according to Niti Aayog. Even if emiss

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